Family learns fate of N.M. sailor lost in 1945

A poignant, well done story for this Veteran's Day, about a lost WW-II sailor, about six minutes long. Click the link for the video story shown in Windows Media Player.

1 posted on 11/10/2006 6:37:10 PM PST by CedarDave

To: CedarDave; Kathy in Alaska

2 posted on 11/10/2006 6:39:25 PM PST by Jet Jaguar

To: CedarDave; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...

3 posted on 11/10/2006 6:42:42 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

4 posted on 11/10/2006 6:48:00 PM PST by af_vet_rr

Forever guarding our Liberty

The following is a listing of submarines on Eternal Patrol with their entire crews:

USS SHARK I (SS-174) 11FEB42 58 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack, Makassar Strait, Celebes Island

USS GRUNION (SS-216) 30JUL42 70 LOST
Unknown causes off Kiska Island, Aleutians

USS ARGONAUT I (SS-166) 10JAN43 105 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Java Sea

USS AMBERJACK I (SS-219) 16FEB43 74 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Solomon Sea

USS GRAMPUS I (SS-207) 5MAR43 71 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack, Solomon Islands

USS TRITON I (SS-201) 15MAR43 74 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off New Guinea

USS PICKEREL I (SS-177) 3APR43 74 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan

USS RUNNER I (SS-275) JUN43 78 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine between Midway Island and Japan

USS POMPANO I (SS-181) SEP43 76 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine off Honshu, Japan

USS GRAYLING I (SS-209) 12SEP43 76 LOST
Unknown causes along approaches to Manila, P.I.

USS CISCO (SS-290) 28SEP43 76 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Sulu Sea

USS DORADO I (SS-248) 12OCT43 76 LOST
Air Attack in S.W. Atlantic

USS WAHOO I (SS-238) 11OCT43 80 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in La Perouse Strait off Japan

USS CORVINA (SS-226) 16NOV43 82 LOST
Japanese Submarine Attack off Truk

USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 2DEC43 78 LOST
Unconfirmed Japanese Surface Attack in Celebes Sea

USS SCORPION I (SS-278) 5JAN44 76 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China

USS GRAYBACK I (SS-208) 27FEB44 80 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack off Okinawa

USS TROUT I (SS-202) 29FEB44 81 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Philippine Sea

USS GUDGEON I (SS-211) 12MAY44 78 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Northern Marianas

USS HERRING (SS-233) 1JUN44 84 LOST
Japanese Shore Battery off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles

USS S-28 (SS-133) 4JUN44 50 LOST
Foundered off Hawaiian Islands

USS GOLET (SS-361) 14JUN44 82 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan

USS ROBALO (SS-273) 26JUL44 78 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine off Palawan 4 POWs

USS HARDER I (SS-257) 24AUG44 79 LOST
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Luzon, P.I.

USS SEAWOLF II (SS-197) 30OCT44 99 LOST
USS ROWELL off Morotai Island

USS ESCOLAR (SS-294) 17OCT44 82 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China

USS SHARK II (SS-314) 24OCT44 87 LOST
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Formosa

USS ALBACORE I (SS-218) 7NOV44 86 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan

USS GROWLER I (SS-215) 8NOV44 85 LOST
Possible Japanese Surface Attack in South China Sea

USS SCAMP I (SS-277) 11NOV44 83 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Tokyo Bay area

USS SWORDFISH I (SS-193) 12JAN45 89 LOST
Possible Japanese Surface Attack or Mine off Okinawa

USS BARBEL I (SS-316) 4FEB45 81 LOST
Japanese Air Attack off entrance to Palawan Passage

USS KETE (SS-369) MAR45 87 LOST
Unknown causes between Okinawa and Midway

USS TRIGGER I (SS-237) 28MAR45 89 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in East China Sea

USS SNOOK I (SS-279) 8APR 45 84 LOST
Unknown causes off Formosa

USS LAGARTO (SS-371) 4MAY45 85 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Gulf of Siam

USS BONEFISH I (SS-223) 18JUN45 85 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan

USS BULLHEAD (SS-332) 6AUG45 84 LOST
Japanese Air Attack off Bali Coast

USS THRESHER II (SSN-593) 10APR63 129 LOST
Operational off New England Coast

USS SCORPION II (SSN-589) 22MAY68 99 LOST
Possible Torpedo Detonation off Azores

5 posted on 11/10/2006 6:48:26 PM PST by txroadkill (It's a war stupid, not a trial.)

6 posted on 11/10/2006 6:49:16 PM PST by Socratic ( "Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied" - J.S. Mill)

Thank you for your post and link.

7 posted on 11/10/2006 6:51:33 PM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))

It was a special breed of men that served on these things. Thank God for them.

8 posted on 11/10/2006 6:52:43 PM PST by chesty_puller (USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71)

9 posted on 11/10/2006 6:53:58 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (...a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury.)

10 posted on 11/10/2006 6:54:19 PM PST by Frwy (Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)

To: chesty_puller

11 posted on 11/10/2006 6:55:22 PM PST by doc1019

Great post. Thanks for sharing.

From Wikipedia:

USS Lagarto (SS-371), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish.

More - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lagarto_%28SS-371%29

12 posted on 11/10/2006 7:08:01 PM PST by RedCell ("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)

Wahoo was recently found too. There are 56 of our boats on eternal patrol from WWII.

13 posted on 11/10/2006 7:08:53 PM PST by meandog (This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!)

14 posted on 11/10/2006 7:10:25 PM PST by kinoxi

I can't hear the Navy Hymn without bawling like a baby.

15 posted on 11/10/2006 7:14:49 PM PST by lawdude (The dems see Wal-Mart as a bigger threat to the US than muslim terrorists)

I sent an email with the links to the story to "On Eternal Patrol" in Honolulu.

16 posted on 11/10/2006 7:15:53 PM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))

Then you don't want me to post the link to that,...eh?

17 posted on 11/10/2006 7:17:48 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

Your list looked a little short, so I looked some more:

Submarines Lost on Patrol During World War II

1941

USS SEALION (SS-195)

1942

USS S-36 (SS-141)

USS S-26 (SS-131)

USS SHARK (SS-174)

USS PERCH (SS-176)

USS S-27 (SS-132)

USS S-39 (SS-144)

USS GRUNION (SS-216)

1943

USS ARGONAUT (SS-166)

USS AMBERJACK (SS-219)

USS GRAMPUS (SS-207)

USS TRITON (SS-201)

USS PICKEREL (SS-177)

USS GRENADIER (SS-210)

USS RUNNER (SS-275)

USS R-12 (SS-89)

USS GRAYLING (SS-209)

USS POMPANO (SS-181)

USS CISCO (SS-290)

USS S-44 (SS-155)

USS DORADO (SS-248)

USS WAHOO (SS-238)

USS CORVINA (SS-226)

USS SCULPIN (SS-191)

USS CAPELIN (SS-289)

1944

USS SCORPION (SS-278)

USS GRAYBACK (SS-208)

USS TROUT (SS-202)

USS TULIBEE (SS-284)

USS GUDGEON (SS-211)

USS HERRING (SS-233)

USS GOLET (SS-361)

USS S-28 (SS-133)

USS ROBALO (SS-273)

USS FLIER (SS-250)

USS HARDER (SS-257)

USS SEAWOLF (SS-197)

USS SHARK II (SS-314)

USS TANG (SS-306)

USS ESCOLAR (SS-294)

USS ALBACORE (SS-218)

USS GROWLER (SS-215)

USS DARTER (SS-227)

USS SCAMP (SS-277)

1945

USS SWORDFISH (SS-193)

USS BARBEL (SS-316)

USS KETE (SS-369)

USS TRIGGER (SS-237)

USS SNOOK (SS-279)

USS LAGARTO (SS-371)

USS BONEFISH (SS-223)

USS BULLHEAD (SS-332)

Other U.S. Submarine Losses

1915 - USS F-4 (SS-23)

1917 - USS F-1 (SS-20)

1919 - USS G-2 (SS-27)

1920 - USS H-1 (SS-28)

1923 - USS O-5 (SS-66)

1925 - USS S-51 (SS-162)

1927 - USS S-4 (SS-109)

1939 - USS SQUALUS (SS-192)

1941 - USS O-9 (SS-70)

1963 - USS THRESHER (SSN-593)

1968 - USS SCORPION (SSN-589)
http://www.maritime.org/subslost.htm

And, of course, the CSS Huntley.

18 posted on 11/10/2006 7:33:57 PM PST by PAR35

I got a soft spot for those guys in the sub navy. I can't imagine the amount of courage it took to climb into a tube and then sink it on purpose.

19 posted on 11/10/2006 7:46:03 PM PST by txroadkill (It's a war stupid, not a trial.)

Thanks for the link.

20 posted on 11/10/2006 8:32:01 PM PST by Rocko (I look forward to living in your Utopia, Nancy Pelosi. /s)

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